The former wife of football legend George Best has said she believes he was more likely a depressive than an alcoholic.

Ex-model Angie Best (63) made the claims in a straight talking interview with the Mail on Sunday's You magazine.

She said that throughout her six-year marriage to Manchester United and Northern Ireland star George, which produced son Calum who's now 35, she paid for everything, and that her mother used to call George "his Lordship".

Responding to a question that she was the "original WAG", a claim Ms Best disputed, she said: "I was never a WAG - we were not Posh and Becks of the Seventies.

"I was working in America - I didn't ask to be a footballer's wife.

"When I was married to George I paid for everything. After the divorce, after six years, I was left without a penny.

"My mum always said he wasn't good enough for me."

Angie met George at the age of 23 when she was a personal trainer in Malibu, California. George was 29 years old, had left Old Trafford, and was in the throes of alcoholism.

A health enthusiast, Angie who still works in a gym and has taken multiple vitamin tablets since she was 22, said the pair were polar opposites.

"He never tried me to get to drink with him. He loved the fact that I was healthy. I've never even smoked, I've never drank. My job was to stay healthy," she said.